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  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

      Latest: Ozarktom's Credentials Ozarktom Feb 21, 2019 at 12:46 PM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: The All Purpose Advice Thread Alexander Feb 21, 2019 at 10:02 AM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) Syzygy Feb 21, 2019 at 1:01 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: Lunch Pho - San Pornando Valley - Last week of Feb netforce Feb 19, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: Sony WH-1000XM3 measurements and thoughts jnak00 Feb 21, 2019 at 8:55 AM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: CA Atlas - @warrior Vansen Oct 29, 2018
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: Verum 0.5 - planars with single sided magnetic system. Garuspik Feb 21, 2019 at 11:19 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: My new $99 Full Balanced headphone amp toy Loxjie P20 Sonorus Feb 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: JVC FD01: A new contender for best DD IEM? spoony Feb 21, 2019 at 12:17 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: HD800 (S) Ultimate Mod Maxx134 Feb 21, 2019 at 6:18 AM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Holo Audio - Spring DAC - Level 3 - "Kitsune Tuned Edition" - Impressions & Reviews purr1n Feb 21, 2019 at 12:29 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Music Streaming Services dark_energy Feb 21, 2019 at 12:17 PM
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Schiit Sol Turntable Sneak-Peak directdriver Feb 20, 2019 at 11:16 AM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya Preamp Review (Episodic) Argopo Feb 17, 2019 at 3:06 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Amplifier porn iFi audio Feb 4, 2019
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: JBL Cabaret 4698B Speaker - BWC alert! purr1n Feb 21, 2019 at 12:22 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: HiFiMAN Arya measurements and impressions Vtory Feb 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Noble Savant IEM Measurements and Review (Succinct) Dhruvmeena96 Feb 12, 2019
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: mcth 28V LPS and SMPS technical measurements msommers Feb 19, 2019 at 3:02 PM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Modi 2U and D30 DAC: Deconstructing Amir's Hack Job Part II Pillars Dec 13, 2018
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: DDC warm up time technical measurements atomicbob Feb 12, 2019
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: New portable headphone measuring setup La Cenric Dec 16, 2018
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: Presumably this will help with the Schiit EU dealers clusterfuck bixby Jan 1, 2019
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: DUNU DK-4001 shotgunshane Feb 20, 2019 at 5:02 PM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog purr1n Dec 28, 2018
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: My project "JLH-69" LetMeBeFrank Feb 20, 2019 at 8:51 AM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: FS; Focal Elex Ray Feb 21, 2019 at 11:31 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

      Latest: Pics of your pet Thad E Ginathom Feb 21, 2019 at 5:28 AM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: Backcountry Forays jazztherapist Feb 7, 2019
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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

      Latest: Videogame Discussion Thread Slaphead Feb 21, 2019 at 11:44 AM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: Wine, Beer, and DACs spwath Feb 21, 2019 at 10:52 AM
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: The music we make Slaphead Feb 2, 2019
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) DigMe Feb 3, 2019
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: Driving a Manual (Stick) Thad E Ginathom Feb 18, 2019 at 1:50 PM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Geek Wave final(?) development discussion - aka "please lord let it ship!" jexby Jan 24, 2019
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    2. Beezar

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      Latest: Beezar Audio/ECP Audio History TomB Jan 23, 2019
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    3. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog EeePee Jan 7, 2019
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    4. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: Sony MDR-Z1R Specials @ TSAV netforce Feb 13, 2019
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    5. Eddie Current

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      Latest: Eddie Current Super 7 Hands Feb 15, 2019 at 10:41 PM
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